Filigrees, the comeback

Long time I haven't told you about filigrees here, I'm sure you miss it ;-)

A little work in progress, on a cardboard that my wife previously used to make frame patinas.

I left the nib to play with an acrylic marker, here is a short video of a part of the process

and I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I am organizing a workshop dedicated to filigree learning in Paris on July 21 & 22. You can find all the information in the agenda.

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Once checked, the pattern of interlacing on my last nesting box is not terrible...

this is the construction :

the result (that can be seen carved on the birdhouse) :

and the analysis that proves that it is made of 2 knots !! Shame on me...

For the next one, I'll be working more upstream on the knot pattern.

Or maybe I'll make another kind of decoration.

in any case, don't tell the chickadees, they might refuse to come nest there! ;-)

and if you want to embark on the drawing of knots, 2 places are available for my workshop at Welkenraedt!

Alternatively, you can also play with the automatic knotting tool available in the site resources.

birhouse encore

One can't spend all his time making nest boxes when there are calligraphy courses to come!
But one can't spend all his time doing calligraphy while the chickadees are looking for places to nest!

So I made a balcony nesting box with a celtic knotwork pattern on the front, in order to match the two constraints.

birdhouses

No calligraphy this weekend, birds need nests !

Lindisfarne

Finally finished my models of initials of the Gospel of Lindisfarne!
Here is a small collection, to have the whole thing, you'll have to come to the course in Welkenraedt
: -)

knotwork

I continue to explore the Gospel of Lindisfarne and, in addition to the initials, I also reproduce some decorative patterns.

I'm almost done, at least in terms of preparing for the workshop in Welkenraedt.